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 Posted 04/30/2009  1:19 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ImTheCrew to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
i found a 1976 LMC while roll searching today ... it has a stamp thats rectangular and has the letters KS in it...

anyone have any information

thanks!
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 Posted 04/30/2009  1:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add steve199 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sounds like a counterstamped coin. Could be someone's initials.

Some people like to collect them. Here's a little article:

http://www.pcgs.com/coinguidetext_s...end102.chtml

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04/30/2009 1:44 pm
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 Posted 04/30/2009  2:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SJUHawks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It probably represents Kansas. There was a set of cents that was counter-stamped with states on them. I got Arkansas a few months ago. Pretty neat.
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 Posted 04/30/2009  2:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ImTheCrew to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
ah ok thanks.

i believe the shape is of Kansas... any reason why they were stamped?
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 Posted 04/30/2009  3:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jamez to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There was a company years ago that did some promotion with them if I recall. All 50 states were available.
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Jamez and SJUHawks hit it- there was a bicentennial promotion that involved stamping 1976 cents with all 50 state outlines and selling them as a set. There have been other iterations of this over the years as well with different dates but I believe that 1976 was the first time it was done on a large scale.
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 Posted 04/30/2009  3:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ImTheCrew to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
any value?
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biokemist6's Avatar
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 Posted 04/30/2009  3:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1 red cent

of course, that is why you find these things roll hunting or in a dealers junk bin for 5 or 10 cents
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10¢ a piece sounds good. I'd gladly pay $5 for a full set of these. That would be neat.

We should see if CCF can get all 50 states.

With my Arkansas and ImTheCrew's Kansas, we're 4% of the way there!
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Is there any confirmation that they completed all the states?
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One coin dealer in Denver has a complete 50-state collection of these counterstamped Cents, all in the original holder. Hard to value, but a nice curiosity that catches your eye in the case!
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I think it was probably KurtS that did it?
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I did it...in my garage.
If you see any more, send them back to me.
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 Posted 05/03/2009  9:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ratman4762 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I got a complete set of these back when I was a teen.
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A few months ago I found 21 States in a box. With the exception of 1, they are all '75 & '76 dates. All are outlines of the State with the 2 letter abbreviation inside. Probably some one's bi-centennial collection. I figure if I find the rest, I'll stick them on a map.
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 Posted 05/08/2009  2:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mad258 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
How about some pictures?!? I'm sure there are alot of people in the community that probably haven't seen them, including me!

Thanks,

Mark
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